Queen Alia International (AMM, ICAO OJAI) serves Amman, Jordan and is a destination reached by travellers flying from across Africa. Our catalogue links 0 direct destinations out of AMM and 1 African origin into it, served by 1 carrier.
At a glance
1 catalogued corridor touch Amman (AMM / OJAI) in Jordan: 0 outbound and 1 inbound, flown by 1 carrier. 1 of those corridors carry a cached USD quote in our weekly fare cache; the rest are catalogued on schedule evidence alone. The mix runs 1 sector under four hours, 0 of four to seven and 0 beyond seven.
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| IATA / ICAO | AMM / OJAI |
| City | Amman |
| Country | Jordan |
| Direct destinations (catalogued) | 0 |
| Reached from (African origins) | 1 |
| Coordinates | 31.723, 35.993 |
The route mix at AMM splits into 1 short sector under four hours, 0 medium sectors of four to seven hours and 0 long-haul sectors beyond seven — a profile that tells you what the terminal is actually built around. 0 of the corridors here are flagged in our data as labour-migration or diaspora routes, where checked-baggage terms drive booking decisions more than schedule does.
Two codes, two uses. AMM is the IATA code you will see on a ticket, a baggage tag and a departure board, while OJAI is the ICAO code used in flight plans, NOTAMs and air-traffic filing. They are not interchangeable: IATA codes are reused across the world’s smaller fields and are the ones that cause mis-booking, which is why every corridor on this site is keyed on the pair of codes rather than a city name.
Airlines serving AMM
1 carrier appears on the AMM corridors covered here; for the 1 we hold details on, checked-baggage baselines are 23 kg, and 1 of them belong to a global alliance (Star Alliance 1). That list is built from the 1 corridors this site catalogues through AMM, so it is our coverage rather than the airport’s full published schedule.
These carriers operate the AMM corridors catalogued on this site.
| Airline | Alliance | Checked baggage | Hajj/Umrah charter |
|---|---|---|---|
| EgyptAir (MS) | Star Alliance | 23 kg | Yes |
Alliance spread decides how easily a disruption at AMM gets fixed. With 1 Star Alliance carrier on these corridors, a passenger stuck here can sometimes be reflowed onto a partner without a new ticket — but only within the same alliance, and only when the original ticket permits it. Between alliances, re-accommodation is a commercial favour rather than an entitlement.
Diaspora and migrant-worker baggage uplift recorded against carriers here: EgyptAir +18 kg. These are carrier promotions attached to nominated corridors and fare families — they do not follow you onto a partner’s codeshare segment, and the cheapest fare buckets are usually excluded. Confirm against your own booking class rather than the table.
Top routes into AMM
Cairo to Amman (CAI–AMM) heads the AMM list below, at about 5 flights a week on MS.
The USD market-low column is the cheapest fare our weekly cache recorded on the corridor across all carriers.
| Route | Carriers | Freq/wk | Block (h) | Market low (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo (CAI) → Amman (AMM) | MS | ~5 | ~1.5 | $301 |
Three corridors carry roughly 100% of the 5 weekly departures our catalogue records at AMM, which makes the airport two different places depending on which flight you hold. Dense routes absorb disruption within the day. Thin ones do not, and rebooking onto another airline needs an interline agreement rather than goodwill.
Block times across these corridors run from about 1.5 h to 1.5 h. That range is the practical reason a single connecting-time rule does not work at AMM: a short regional inbound and a long-haul outbound have very different delay profiles, and a tight self-built connection between them is where most missed onward flights on this site’s corridors happen. On separate tickets there is no protection at all.
Passenger compensation rights at AMM
1 instrument reaches AMM: the Montreal Convention 1999. Jordan operates no EU261-style fixed cash scheme, so there is no statutory payout for a long delay — the cover is for baggage, capped at 1,519 SDR per passenger, and for provable delay losses, capped at 6,303 SDR (ICAO limits in force since 28 December 2024).
Amman’s catalogued arrivals sit outside the EU261 / UK261 / GACA / APPR / DOT cash-compensation schemes, so the Montreal Convention is the operative floor — it covers baggage loss and provable delay losses on any international ticket.
| Regime | When it applies | Remedy for a long delay / cancellation |
|---|---|---|
| Montreal Convention 1999 | Any international itinerary — baggage and delay losses. | Compensation for lost, damaged or delayed baggage (up to 1,519 SDR per passenger) and for provable losses caused by delay (up to 6,303 SDR), limits in force since 28 December 2024. |
Amman’s catalogued arrivals sit outside the EU261 / UK261 / GACA / APPR / DOT cash-compensation schemes, so the Montreal Convention is the operative floor — it covers baggage loss and provable delay losses on any international ticket.
| Regime | When it applies | Remedy for a long delay / cancellation |
|---|---|---|
| Montreal Convention 1999 | Any international itinerary — baggage and delay losses. | Compensation for lost, damaged or delayed baggage (up to 1,519 SDR per passenger) and for provable losses caused by delay (up to 6,303 SDR), limits in force since 28 December 2024. |
Corridors and typical fares from AMM
1 of the 1 AMM corridors carry a cached USD quote, the lowest at $301. Fares are quoted in USD across the whole site so corridors from different African markets stay comparable. Sector length drives the shape: 1 run under four hours, 0 four to seven and 0 beyond seven.
Most AMM corridors here serve intra-Africa and Gulf-hub business travellers. The mix is 1 short intra-Africa hop (under 4 h). As rough planning ranges (editorial estimates, not observed fares): intra-Africa $400–900, Gulf hubs $500–1,200, long-haul $800–2,200; each per-route guide below shows the cached fare with the date it was found.
| Corridor | Cached low (USD) | Cheapest month seen |
|---|---|---|
| CAI-AMM | $301 | $127 in Oct 2026 |
The shape of the fare curve follows the sector length. The 1 short corridor under four hours from AMM price like regional traffic and move mostly with the day of the week; the 0 long-haul corridors beyond seven hours move with season and school holidays, and can double between the cheapest and dearest month in our own cache. Mixing the two on one average would be meaningless, which is why every corridor page carries its own floor.
Direct flights to AMM — 1 route
1 catalogued route is listed below for AMM, reaching 1 country, led by Egypt. Our catalogue records 0 departure and 1 arrival corridor at AMM, each linking to a corridor guide with carriers, frequency, block time and any cached fare. The list is this site’s catalogue, not the airport’s timetable.
Every entry leads to a corridor page with the same skeleton of facts: who flies it, how often, how long the nonstop sector is scheduled to take, how far apart the two airports actually are, and what our fare cache has recorded. Routing and carrier decide the trip; the fare only decides between equivalents.
The list covers this site’s catalogue, not the airport’s timetable. We add corridors where there is a real audience among African travellers — diaspora, pilgrim, intra-Africa and business traffic — so a seasonal charter or a thin regional service out of Amman may be missing even though it operates. A blank fare means no cached quote rather than no service.
FAQ
How is AMM airport connected? AMM (Amman) is reachable on 1 direct route in our catalogue — see the full route list above.
What are the IATA and ICAO codes for AMM airport? The IATA code is AMM and the ICAO code is OJAI. The airport serves Amman, Jordan.
How can I check fares and schedules for routes through AMM? Each route in the list above links to a guide with live USD fares, weekly frequency and the airlines that operate it.
Which airlines fly from AMM? Carriers on AMM corridors catalogued here: EgyptAir. See the airlines table above for alliance and baggage.
What is the cheapest flight from AMM? The lowest cached fare out of AMM in our weekly snapshot was about $301 on Cairo–Amman (CAI-AMM) — a dated observation, not a current price. Open the route guide for the fare with its observation date.
Can I claim compensation for a disrupted flight at AMM? No fixed cash-compensation scheme applies to Amman arrivals, but the Montreal Convention covers baggage loss and provable delay losses on any international ticket.
Sources
2 primary sources cited on this page are regulator and government material, not secondary summaries. Each is listed with what it actually governs, so a claim on this page can be checked against the instrument it comes from. Where a value is missing from our own data we leave the cell blank rather than estimate it.
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Montreal Convention 1999 — ICAO — the ICAO treaty collection, the source for the Montreal Convention 1999 baggage and delay liability limits.
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AirHelp — flight-compensation claims — a commercial claims service, cited as the industry explainer alongside the regulator rather than instead of it.
The sourcing rule here is simple: a regulator’s own text for anything with legal effect, and a commercial explainer only as a secondary reading beside it. Amounts stay denominated as the instrument denominates them — euro, pound, Canadian dollar, SDR — even though every fare on this site is quoted in USD, because a converted tariff is a moving number pretending to be a fixed one.
Related
- Flights to Jordan — country landing page: 1 catalogued corridor from African airports, carriers, visa row and the USD fare floor we have on file.